Sealed or unplayed

A nearly perfect record. The record should show no obvious signs of wear.Record should be glossy and shiny all the way through with no obvious marks or hairlines at all.

Cover is close to perfect but minimum storage wear can be accepted.

The Excellent grading is not a Discogs grading and can’t be applied in the official grading however we will use it to bridge the gap between NM and VG+.

An EX record will be placed in the NM/M- Discogs grading with the Excellent record or EX record as the first line in the comment section.

An excellent (or VG++) condition for vinyl will allow minor scuffs which are visible but only slightly. Vinyl is glossy and shiny. The wear should be absolutely minimal. Only a few minor paper scuffs or hairlines and that's about it.

Artwork is still as close to perfect as can be. Some impression to the cover (minor outer ring wear) but no ink wear! Some faint creases to the corners, but not wrinkled and obtrusive to the eye. The corners can show white (where the artwork pasted slick was) meaning faint wear.

Will show some signs that it was played and otherwise handled by a previous owner who took good care of it.

VG+ will show light wear, surface scuffs, hairlines and maybe some very light scratches. The vinyl should still have a great glossy shine, but the flaws will be noticeable to the naked eye. Sometimes holding the record up to a very bright light you will see many tiny lines across the surface. Remember, the record still should look as though it was handled with care.

A nice cover, but may have light writing on it. The cover looks clean with "Light" or "Some" general "coverwear". "Some" or "Light" wear to the seams or spine, no real split seams only maybe the beginning of a split usually on the mid bottom seam, no real cover tears except for maybe the odd price sticker remove and slight marks. The corners will have "Some" or "Light" wear, a VG+ cover is still "complete", unglued seams can be accepted although it will be mentioned in the comments as well as any concerning effects.

VG record will appear to have been well played but still somewhat glossy and shiny. The vinyl may be faded, slightly grayish, because of surface scuffs, which often happens to records that are played and left out of cover. Still they should appear to have been handled with somewhat care. Some surface scuffs, hairlines or/and light scratches WILL appear. Audible sound defects WILL be heard but won't overpower the music.

will look worn, used, probably resulting in "Some'' general coverwear. There may be "Some'' or "Light" seam/spine splitting. There could be "Some'' ring wear. There may be "Some'' writing on the cover. It will look aged and well used but still it should be decent and hold together.

The VG- grading is not a Discogs grading and can’t be applied in the official grading, We therefore will usually downgrade to G+.

VG- record will look very well played with lots of marks consisting of anything from hairlines,scuffs to light scratches and deep scratches. Record could be dull, grayish. A VG- Record could also be relatively “clean” but with a serious scratch. It will have distracting noise, such as crackle, clicks and pops that could be continuous or only in certain phases. It should play without any skips. However a VG- record should still be enjoyable to the casual buyer.

Significant scratches, surface noise, and groove wear.

G+ record will look rough with plenty of marks and scratches but should still be enjoyable to the casual buyer. Distracting noise will be evident throughout but won’t permanently overpower the music. G+ record can have possible skips but this depends sometimes on the turntable as well.

Rough cover with possible splits seams/spine, possible "Some" cover tears, possible water damage although the cover is still holding together.

Significant scratches, surface noise, and groove wear.

G record will naturally look even worse than a G+ with plenty of marks and scratches all over. Borderline enjoyable at any genre. Distracting noise will be evident throughout and will possibly overpower the music at curtain phases or at least be at the same level.

Rough cover with possible splits seams/spine, possible "Some" to "Heavy" cover tears, possible water damage, cover could be falling apart.